Map of Cagliari in Sardinia.

Germany : [publisher not identified], 1550-1552.

1 print : woodcut on paper ; 18.3 x 18.2 cm.

Sebastian Münster Cosmographia Universalis (Basel: H. Petri) (b1040045x)

Bears lettering in banner: Sardiniae Capvt Calaris; also bears letters on some streets and buildings.

Illustration to Cosmographia Universalis. Basel: H. Petri, the earliest German-language description of the world.

Münster's 'Cosmographia' was first published in Basel in 1544 and appeared in an enlarged edition containing around 900 illustrations and 40 maps in 1550.

Possibly from the the 1550 and/or 1552 Latin editions according to similar examples in the British Museum.

The Cosmographia described and explained the cosmos, revolutionising how 16th century readers viewed the physical world; it was popular passing through 40 editions in German, Latin, Czech, Italian, French and English.

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.